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Aimy; and in Villarranta be Was received with that attention which is due to a Deputy from the king dom of Galicia, and to a Gentleman of his high rank. In Astorga, the Generals and superior Offi cers are accommodated. in the best manner; and re gard is had to the troops encamped in the• suburbs and neighbourhood, that .they may want nothing with which they can be supplied. We are assured tliat 'General 'CUESTA will soon arrive, to have an interview with General BLACKE. We learn with satisfaaion the intelligence from Benevento, that our Captain-Gerieral has already or, • gauized an army, mixing with the peasantry an equal 'number. of veteran soldiers. He has ordered that every Officer, without exception, should rise at four o'clock in the morning to instruft these new levies. This command is obeyed with the greatest willing tess, from respea to their worthy chief; and the raw troops, at the appointed hour, are in attendance . with muskets in their hands. ASTORGA, JUNE 28.--A letter from this 'city,. from a person deserving confidence, informs us, that within its boundary and its immediate neigb bourhood is colleded a considerable part of the Grand Army of Galicia. Several Generals, and other Field-Officers, are accommodated in the city; --and the. sight of such -a i numerous body of troops, 'Composed of such fine regiments, diffuses general joy. , We are also informed, through , the same, that an Aithde-camp Of General CUEsTA has passed onward to Corunna, to announce to the Su preine Junta of the kingdom of Galicia; that official accounts have been received froni General PALAFOI, Of a complete vietory obtaitied near Saragossa over the enemy. The dispatches are accompanied by a printed Gazette, containing all the particalars of this glorious affair. Although we have no reason to doubt that the valour of the A ragonese Will be triumphant, yet we are happy to see it announced from such high au thority; and we are glad to find that the corre sPondence between these two distinguished Generals has been established. All the Gazettes contain lists of patriotic contri blitioas, in every possible form, for the support of the war; and parents not only contribute their Jewels, nusney, provisions, and other efFeCts, but their own persons and their own children to supply the ranks. • FERROL, JUNE 2g.--This DepartMent does not deserve the silence of the Journal of Santiago with respect to its exertions. , The Naval Officers have employed -their utmost zeal for the common defence; and these distri&s will_ yield to no others in the love ,they bear to their Religion, their Country, and their „As you have not stated what has been done here, we will tell you, in a few wards, what we have performed. From Ferrol three battalions of Marines have taken their departure; one battalion of Brigade Artillery, one company of Horse Artillery, and the regiments of Naples, Ireland, and Seville; two battalions of Volunteers of Corona, and one.of Navarre; the first column of the battalion of Grenadiers, and provincial troops of Leon, Lugo, Mondonedo, Monte Rey, Sa lamanca, Santiago, Pontevedra, Tuy,.and Valladolid. ' Ferrol contr ib uted also camp equipage, provisions of every kind, hospital, arms, and ammunition.— In Ferrol also was commenced the forMation of the battalion of Vitoria, which -is organizing under the direction of Sr. Maralles ; and two companies, under the orders of Sr. Tobar. In short, the Supreme Junta of the kingdom must be perfeetly satisfied of the favourable disposition of all the Officers and Members of the Marine service, who are soliciting employment in the Army, and who are ready to be sacrificed at the altar of their country. VEitirr, JUNE 28.—8 y intelligence received from Portugal yesterday, we learn, that, the Portuguese Pursued a corps of 2500 French, under the com mand of General LoisoN, obliging them to seek re fuge 'in Duero, near to Villa-Real, after having killed two hundred of them, having taken five baggage waggons, two pieces of artillery, the military chest, a quantity of ammunition, and made some pi isoners. The Marquis of Valladores, who commands th e troops in the Province of Orense, on account of the tlbsenc,2 of the General 'in Ch eel at Biel - it), remains 4t this place, with some battalions, to assist the Por tuguese in case of necessity. TtlY, JUNE 30.--The tiger JL'NOT had. the impu dence, in various Proclamations, to ask the assistance of t he Portuguese, Ntlhorn he had so cruelly oppres sed, as i an ndication_of their gratitude for the essen tial services he had rendered them. It is in the blind, an d inexplicable confidence of 3 uNoT that the safety of Portugal has originated. - This JUNOT, as soon as h e was apprized that Oporto was evaedated by the Spaniards, buikling on this satisfiefition and gratitude of the Portuguese, -,vrote to General LOISON; direa him, with 5000 men, to proceed from Almeyda to garrison Oporto. • LotsoN, who was as blind a 4 his 'Commander in reNpet to this Lusitanian- loyalty, commenced his marrAi. With as aptch carelessness as he tui . gin have done five months ago. Ile divided hi 3 men ; Li l o columns, and ,many of his soldiers were without arms, expelling to procure them ready to their hands in Oporto. He dispatched his Avant-cou riers, who were taken by the people of the town of Amarante, who sent•to Oporto, from whence itoop s were procured to encounter Loisow. Lotsox was in the mean time informed by a spy, that the whole province of Duero and Mino was in a state of insurreaion, and he therefore began to re treat, which he could not do in good order, because a part of his forces were Without arms. The troops from Oporto having approached, dispersed his army, took the unarmed soldiery prisoners, with a Timmy of baggage, ammunition, and the military chests of several regiments. The forces from Oporto have been in pursuit of a separated cOlunin, consisting of 2000 , iiler, which, no doubt Enlist have surrendered. It is 'presumed,.that the colutnn which retreated 'towards Chaves, and that was defeated near La mego arid Villa-real, belonged to this satne division." [EXTRACT OF, A LETTER.] .1 ail 25.—The Orestes will sail for England in the course of this night. I avail myself of the opportunity to inform s ' you,. that the French troops under DUPONT have evacuated Cordova, where they have plundered as Much as they could. They fled Precipitately ln all directions, leaving be . - hind all 'their heavy baggage, &c. Strong parties from the van and main body of the Andalusian army, ccilleSted at Carmona and Utiere, followed hi pur suit of thenv; 'and the inhabitaks of every place, through 'which they could pass, were so many enc 'ties, by whom they wire annoyed night and day, by cutting off, or destroying, r eVery sort of provision, and haraSSing their retreat. It is already known, that upwards of Iwo have been killed by the armed peasantry since they left Cordova. In the whole country, nothing is heard but the cry of c‘ Pencer o Morit." It is a singular coincidence of occurrences, that the truce with' dmiral PURVIS Orr Cadii„.and with Lord COLLINGWOOD at Majorca, should have taken place on the same clay, and generally all l'ouud the coast of Spain, nearly at the same period; circum stances which have made a deep impression on the minds 'of all descriptions of people ; and from the happy .alliance with the English; and the general ar dour that pervades the whole country, no doubt can be entertained of our ultimate success in expelling our atrocious enemy. "- By this time I expe& that the French force in the environs of Madrid MUST HAVE SURRENDERED to the Spanish army, which had been assembled at Valladolid, under the command of General CUESTA,. and which consisted of 40,000 men. The force marching in from Valencia towards the Centre, ex ceeded 60,000. We have also had information that the Catalans had attached the French in l'ylonjui, who were attempting to effea their retreat by sea. But as there is a considerable English force o❑ that coast, it is hoped that they will not be able to • effea it." His Excellency Lieutenant-General • BOWYER; lata Commander in Chief in • the Leewarcllsland,s, and J. KIER ) Esq. his Secretary, have just arrived in the Lilly. The Lilly left BarbadoeS on the 12th of June, and touched at Antigua, where she remained - a day. The different Regiattaas in the West Indies are in a most healthy slate,, and have been so for some time back. For the last ,twelve months, it is said, there has been much more sickness and death in the ArMy in Eng land than in that in the West Indies. From their very healthy state for some time back, the Regiments in the West Indies are in a most effeaive state, and most of them complete. An'article from Naples, date; the 12th of June, in the Monitear of the 22d, gives an account ofthe trial, on the loth, of seven persons, for having, in the night of the 30th and 31st ofJanuary last, caus ed an explosion in the house of SALICETTI, the Mi nister of Police at Naples, with the intention of destroying him. An infernal machine, as it is called, is stated to have been placed in the laboratory Of one of the parlies, an Apothecary, which was under an anti-chamber, through which the Minister must pass to get to his,apartments :—a match, attached tb the machine, was to be lighted when the Minister entered the Court-yard, and it was calculated that the explosion would take place at the moment when he was in the centre of the antichamber. SALI CETTI carne home about half an hour after mid ,night, and the 'moment of his entering Court yard was the signal for lighting the match. The explosion, however, did not take place until the Mi nister had reached his chamber, which was on the side opposite to the laboratory. The greater part of the Palace was destroyed, but the Minister jumped into a balcony, and escaped ; his family were taken out of the ruins much wounded'. The persons con cerned in this plot escapedin a boat, but were some time after Wards seized, with the exception of one, and at their trial were found guilty, and received sentence of death. The London Performers, .by their exertions the country, bring the taste of the Metropolis into dis credit, for, instead of appearing in those pails which enabled them to acquire a tolerable reputation, they boldly attempt the first charaders of tragedy and co medy. Hence, if the country audiences have any judgment, they must have a very indifferent Apinioh of those in London, where they may infer that such performpces are considered as eflorts of greet PORTIVUESE DOCUMENTS. PROCLAMATION. " NOBLE CITIZENS OF THIS ,EVER-LOYAL CITY OI•' OVOIITO. " I 'had the honour of being appointed );,our Cap tain by the most i;lustriou, Corporation of the City, and had also that of being graciougly saluted by you. I swore, and do swear, to devote my.life, honours, and property in defence of our ever-beloved atid much wished for REGENT, Signior a Joi-u the Wth, and of all iircorruptible •lb;tuguoe. am , not going to instruct you (this has already been done by many wise and honourable - pens, and tongues ofiireater eloquence than Mine), out to sti mulate you to the Most sacred duties, those which our forefathers swoe for us, and we did fir our sons, in defence of our religioo, our dear Prince, and be loved country. We have, faithful companions, the most excellent holy shepherd, D. ANTONIO bEt. 'JOSSE CAsTao, who guides us, pis Bishop, with his `most holy cross in one hand, and, as General in Chief, with the svt , ord in the other. a He commands us': let us follow him, and not be weak in the first stePs.we must take to shew him our unshaken faith, bnd 'incontestable loyalty. I do not attempt to inspire yon with those sentiments, because such principles were born with us, and are inseparable tronl our souls. lam only ding to,,ask you, brave and honourable comrades, that on the first opportunity that occurs you may be by my side, ' that we may with the most energetic . voices proclaim, as we have always don*, obedience to our gracious Prince, and to the wise Governtf!ent that his 'Royal name com mands us, and imbrue our sharp swords in the in latnOus blood of Lite vile French, and of those who, in our misfortunes, have, taken their iniquitous and base part. Courage, honourable companions ; let us exhort the ever brave, honourable, and loyal people ; they sacrifice their tranquillity, and. risk their lives for the ince and the Country. Let us reward them equally. We are all loyal subjeelsi . the cau,e is common to all'; we must defend it, whether for religion, or for our desired Prince. -r- Your spirit, loyal Portuguese, is such as that of our ancestors has always been. If we are going to imi tate them in the actions they performed, let us imi tate them also in the example they gave us in obey ing the supreme and wise Government ; and after wards, the superiors that Commands us ; because obedience is a great part of force, and disobedience, tumult, and vengeance in a private cause, weakens the Whole, and renders glorious actions impossible. Let us haste, honourable Colleagues, to revenge at the same time, our Religion, our Prince, -and our Country. Lung live the' House of BAAGANZA ! • " M. P. CORELA COE1,110." PROCLAMATION. " GENTLEMEN EccLEsIAVIICAL, SECULAR, AND P.E.GVLAE. " The time is now arrived when we are anxious ly called upon to perfor' , our duties, rendering thanks to the Almighty for the great benefits we have . received from his clemency, in giving us this occasion of our greatest felicity. It is our duty to continually entreat Heaven for the welfdre of our Monarchs, and of the whole kingdom, craving peace and tranquillity ; i am certain that every man will so fulfil it t but, besides these duties, we are more over obliged to defend our Church, King, and Coun try, as ecclesiastics., as subjects, and as citizens.— We were on the point of being victims to tbry, as • well by the horrors of imprisonment, as by the guil lotine. Our countrymen were emigrating for the purpose of adding to the number of those unhappy victims, who with hasty steps are meeting death for the security of the Crown on the head of - the tyran nical Usurper of Europe, and we all were destined to remain in the slavery of the ambitious enemy of religion, without faith, without laws, and without morality. Thanks be to Heaven, which has helped us to throw off this yoke. The good order, and the best regulated measures of our Supreme Go vernment, joined to the valour .of the nation, will secure our cause. It is God who inspires us. Let us, Ecclesiastics, let us march against the Enemy, to defend the country, our properties, and nation, from the infamy they labour under. The Junta of the Supreme Government enjoins, that all Ecclesiastics shall form themselves into an armed body, to serve as the garrison of this town while the Seculars march against the Enemy. The Dean of the Cathedral is the Colonel of this distinct body. It is therefore to --him that all the Members of this Corporation must dired themselves, for the purpose of enlisting, and being formed into compoies, with the respe&ive Officers, who are to be taken out of the same Cor potation, none being reserved for the Churches bUt such as are indispensably necessary for the Divine Worship. Let• us hasten : the Almighty will give us aid. Long live our Prince Regent ! Long live the valiant Portuguese. • _ _ "LUIS krEDlt() DE ANDRADE BREDROD, Dcan rot the c.h.tptet." " Oporto, June 24." EDICT. " The Provisional Junta of the Supreme Govern- Ment.ereeted in this city, having ordered to be, newly organized the two regiments of the garrison of the city, who had been disbanded and dissolved by the intruding French POvernment, - with the view of oppressing our liberty; and wishing to create ,other 'new regiments, and that as far as necessary, to esta blish a respeaable force, that may secure, in this city itself, and throughout the whole kingdom, the happy reign of his Royal klighness our Prince Regent, so gloriously restored by the valiant and loyal Portuguese hearts, does not judge it necessary, considering the very laudable national ardour to ()icier conscriptional recruits or levies to be made for that purpose, and, on the well-grounded hope that the valiant Por- tuguese youth will run cheerfully to enlist them selves in the said regiments of this .city, it as sures, by this Edia, to all those who will so en list themselves withiu the space of twenty days, to be counted from this date, not only t he one reward of the service, they miiy do, in case they should wish to continue in it, but likewise an ho nourable discharge to all t hose who voluntarily should apply for it when the present exigencies are Over, wh!ch shall be given them by their respeLtive Comm:in6ing Officers, without any further order or dispatch but this present Eciiet ; and they are to re deiveduring‘their service the pay wLicii rnention ed iu the Edit• of the 9oth of this month. "The BISHOP, President and Governor." " Oporto, lune 25." EDICT. " The Provincial .Junta ofthe Supreme Govern went, taking into consideration the difficulty under which the inhabitants labour in carrying on eheir km suits hi the Courts of Justice, on account of their being all employed in the camel vation and defence of the . Government of our Prince Regent, hEroic;. ailprestured by diem; has ordered, that, till new tnea;. sure, are taken, the progress of all suits shall be sus pended,.. aS,well in the Court of Appeal, as in the other Cudrts and Audiences ; excepting, however, all those which regard the police, necessary to the public safety ; with the declaration, that this mea. , sure, does nut alter, Or cause 'any damage to the right of the parties, which is safely reserved to them; and agreeably to thivan order has been issued to the Chancellor, who exercises the place of Governor of the Just ices. " It ltas moreover been determined, by an order issued on the same date, that the Derembargador, In tendant General of the Police, shall, without loss of time, prOceed to the trial of all the prisoners of state whO may be accused, from the period of the happy restoratio❑ of his Royal Highness, hencefor ward, admitting all accusations, proofS, and docu ments, deposed before them by any one of the people ; and that, upon the conclusion of the trials, he shall proceed to pass sentence on them in the Court of Justice, agreeably to the laws, with the - Derena bargadores, Toao de Figuesedo -Antonio Pedro d'Al , cant ra sa Lopes, Estevao Machado de Mello e Pas tro, Jeronimo Gaetano de Aranjo e Bessa, e Nuno de Fariada de Matta Castello Branco, as Co-Judges; appointing in case of eqUality of votes, the Derem bargadorfts, Antonio Jose De Carvallno Pires, e Francisco Martins Du Luz, all which has been or dered to be made public by this Edit. " The 131 SIIO P, President and Governor." 66 ()port°, J une 2&, t8o8." WILLIAM JACOB, of Dartmouth-street, in the City cat AVestminter, Esq. is returned to serve is Parliament for the Town and Port of Rye,' in the room of Sir,WlLLtekm ELFORD, Bart. who has ac- ceiited the , Chiltern Hundreds l • and the Hon. LAWRENCE DUNDAS IS returned for the Borough of Richmond, in the room of ARTHUR SHAICESPEAR, ESII. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. CITY BUSINESS.—At a Court of Aldermen, held yesterday at Guildhall, JONATHAN SMITH, and_ CI-Au-nuts STEPIIEN HuNTTER, Esqrs. Aldermen, lately eleaecl Sheriffs, gave Bond to take upon them selves the said Office. NATHAN SALOMON'S was ad ted one of the twelve Jew Brokers, in the room of SOLOMON LEVIEN, jun. surrendered. The Court ordered the Assize of Bread to be continued at Is. 01d. the quartern loaf. Edward W,n. Roterts:lately conviaed on a cri minal 'prosecution, was, by some mistake styled, in some of the Newspapers, Om Roberts, both having praaiseci tri Banisters. This is inserted that such unfortunate concurrence may not produce a mo mentary injustice to the latter Gentleman, who practised in Manchester. EXTREME HEAT.—On Thursday, July la, we understand the Thermometer, at Hayes, in Middle sex, was 92. i. In Kent, at 0. In various parts of London, near toe ; and exposed to the Sun at its greatest heat,' at 147 deg. The scientific Registers have been examined for the last 30 years, and have not been found to equal this h - eat by ten degrees. The following'accoutit of a late elopement is given in a Morning Paper :—The last fashionable elope ment from the , vicinity of Banco Regis, was attend ed by circumstances peculiarly distressing. Lady E. B. the daughter of a certain Countess, was mar ried about two years since to Mr. B. a Gentleman. then possessing very considerable landed propertyin. the West Indies. As this was a tie of inclinatien, and not of necessity, it was generally expeCled among , the friends of the parties, that the union would prove a happy one, particularly as the hus band was not addicted to any of those little indis cretions now so prevalent among our, young men in high life ! The Lady had nothing but her youth and beauty to recommend, her, and , they were deemed sufficiently recommendatory ; and as she was suppoSed to have but little inclination to launch , into fashionable follies, they were inducements suf ficient ,to decide Mr. B. in his choice of a-wife.— Since marriage the parties lived in a state of connu bial felicity, until a passion for play on the one side, and a careless indifference on the other, producing a disunion of sentiments, had enabled Mr. I - I—y, a Gentleman, (an intimate friend of the Lady's mo ther), to destroy the peace of both for ever. A few days since the Lady acquainted her husband that she wished to go to the west-end of the town to make a few purchases; he assented. Lady E: B. stepped into a hackney-coach, and ordered the man to pro ceed to Bond-street. In the Haymarket, how ever, she pulled the check-string, got out, , and discharged the vehicle. Here the Lady met Mr. H. and proceeded in another coach to the Key, in Chan dos-street. All these proceedings were ds.te6ted by the confidential servant of the husband ; the latter, suspecting that something was wrong, took the pre cautionary , measures alluded to.' The man, thus presuming on the supposed discovery of his mis tress's infidelity, ran with all possible speed to an eminent Solicitor, residing in Golden-Square. Find ing him at home, they returned to the Key, at the door of which Hotel they waited until the Lady came out, when the man went up to his mistress, and placed his hand on her shoulder, exclaiming, Oh ! Lady E —Y, I am sorry to see you come out of such a house as this." The Lady faioted from the surprise and fright.. Mr. H. took her in his arms and carried her into the coach which was in waiting, and ordered the driver to proceed, which he did, unmolested by the opposite,party. Since that period, neither the seduced nor the seducer have been heard of. There are some circumstances at tached to this case of such peculiar delicacy, that we cannot, consistently with decency, communicate them to our readers. Early yesterday morning some thieves got into the dwelling-bode of Mr. Vaughan, boot and shoe maker, Clement's Inn, from whence they stole a quantity of. shoes and boots, as also some wearing apparel, with which they unfortunately got cleat off.